run with the hunted

I’ve been a Bukowski fan ever since my pop got me started on his writing (at what was probably too early an age for such booze filled tales of debauchery). I used to have this poem printed out and stuck to my fridge to remind me that, all things considered, things are pretty ok. I thought and thought and thought about getting my first (and so far only) tattoo for years and when the time came there was really only one option.

there’s no other way: 8 or ten poems a night. in the sink behind me are dishes that haven’t been washed in 2 weeks. the sheets need changing and the bed is unmade. half the lights are burned-out here. it gets darker and darker (I have replacement bulbs but can’t get them out of their cardboard wrapper.) Despite my dirty shorts in the bathtub and the rest of my dirty laundry on the bedroom floor, they haven’t come for me yet with their badges and their rules and their numb ears. oh, them and their caprice! like the foxI run with the hunted and if I’m not the happiest man on earth I’m surely the luckiest man alive.

It's gratifying to know that my tattoo was so awesome that nothing will ever top it, thus no new posts.

That's what happened right? ;)

Also, if anyone can ID exactly what font that is on my wing I'd appreciate it. I get that question occasionally and all I know is that it was the best looking one that popped up when I Googled "classic typewriter font".

There's a plethora of fonts that your tatt could be in. The ones that I found MOST similar were Courier New, Bookman Old Style, Century Schoolbook, Goundy Old Style. I would say Courier New because it's my favourite text font.

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